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> From Eastern Europe, only Estonian is not a Slavic language. Well, that and Romanian. And Hungarian. And outside the EU, Albanian. And Georgian, Azeri and Ar

> From Eastern Europe, only Estonian is not a Slavic language. Well, that and Romanian. And Hungarian. And outside the EU, Albanian. And Georgian, Azeri and Armenian if you consider those Eastern Europe.

ardit33 1y ago
Albania is not "East Europe", but South East. Same as Greece.
- NicuCalcea 1y ago
  That's just your opinion, and the UN would disagree: https://www.un.org/dgacm/en/content/regional-groups#:~:text=Albania https://www.un.org/dgacm/en/content/regional-groups#:~:text=... Some of my fellow Romanians will also claim they're Central European, but in my mind, all the ones I listed are Eastern European countries. I'd even include Turkey and Kazakhstan in there, part of the latter is to the West of the Urals, which is what we normally consider the border between Europe and Asia.
  - ardit33 1y ago
    That's cute. It is clear thats an outdated political organization and not geographical. Read at the groupings. Greece is more eastern than Albania (and it is one hour off timezone), and it says 'western' which is not the case by any geographic means. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/382295560/figure/fig1/AS:11431281260660322@1721195876556/Map-showing-European-sub-region-classification-and-countries-included-in-the.jpg https://www.researchgate.net/publication/382295560/figure/fi... https://www.worldatlas.com/r/w960-q80/upload/03/90/9b/countries-of-southern-europe-2.png https://www.worldatlas.com/r/w960-q80/upload/03/90/9b/countr... Albania is clearly south east europe. And, I don't care about your random Romanian friend's anecdote.
    - NicuCalcea 1y ago
      > Albania is clearly south east europe. Yes, it is clearly south east Europe. East. > And, I don't care about your random Romanian friend's anecdote. Who's my friend?
kreetx 1y ago
I regret being that loose with the designation :), Romanian and Hungarian are valid counter arguments. In my mind, I was thinking of the belt of countries between Russia and Central Europe, starting from the Baltics down to the Balkan (excluding Greece).
- NicuCalcea 1y ago
  Even by your definition, I can count at least seven countries where the official language is not Slavic. And that's not even including all the Altaic, Romance and other assortment of regional languages, many of which have some sort of official status.

ardit33 1y ago

Albania is not "East Europe", but South East. Same as Greece.

NicuCalcea 1y ago
That's just your opinion, and the UN would disagree: https://www.un.org/dgacm/en/content/regional-groups#:~:text=Albania https://www.un.org/dgacm/en/content/regional-groups#:~:text=... Some of my fellow Romanians will also claim they're Central European, but in my mind, all the ones I listed are Eastern European countries. I'd even include Turkey and Kazakhstan in there, part of the latter is to the West of the Urals, which is what we normally consider the border between Europe and Asia.
- ardit33 1y ago
  That's cute. It is clear thats an outdated political organization and not geographical. Read at the groupings. Greece is more eastern than Albania (and it is one hour off timezone), and it says 'western' which is not the case by any geographic means. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/382295560/figure/fig1/AS:11431281260660322@1721195876556/Map-showing-European-sub-region-classification-and-countries-included-in-the.jpg https://www.researchgate.net/publication/382295560/figure/fi... https://www.worldatlas.com/r/w960-q80/upload/03/90/9b/countries-of-southern-europe-2.png https://www.worldatlas.com/r/w960-q80/upload/03/90/9b/countr... Albania is clearly south east europe. And, I don't care about your random Romanian friend's anecdote.
  - NicuCalcea 1y ago
    > Albania is clearly south east europe. Yes, it is clearly south east Europe. East. > And, I don't care about your random Romanian friend's anecdote. Who's my friend?

kreetx 1y ago

I regret being that loose with the designation :), Romanian and Hungarian are valid counter arguments. In my mind, I was thinking of the belt of countries between Russia and Central Europe, starting from the Baltics down to the Balkan (excluding Greece).

NicuCalcea 1y ago
Even by your definition, I can count at least seven countries where the official language is not Slavic. And that's not even including all the Altaic, Romance and other assortment of regional languages, many of which have some sort of official status.